{"id":450,"date":"2025-05-06T09:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tolon.gov.gh\/?page_id=450"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:28:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tolon.gov.gh\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"450\" class=\"elementor elementor-450\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2315fb5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2315fb5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f034091 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f034091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6105e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6105e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6b8edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6b8edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yes, we are an agrarian District<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9f16b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff9f16b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0b2c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a0b2c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0efb9a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0efb9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Tolon District Assembly assumed it status in 2012 by LI. 2142 with Tolon as the district <br \/>capital. Hitherto, the district was part of the former Tolon\/Kumbungu District; one of the 45 <br \/>districts created by the then Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) Law 207 in 1988. The <br \/>inauguration of 42 new districts in 2012 made Kumbungu a separate district, thus making Tolon <br \/>District detached public entity.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The Tolon District Assembly has 24 elected members and 11 Government appointees; adding <br \/>up to 35 members. The District Chief Executive and one Member of Parliament are also <br \/>members but that of the MP has no voting rights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ee2ece e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ee2ece\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d2c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92d2c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/tolon.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/District-Map.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-465\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tolon.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/District-Map.jpg 611w, https:\/\/tolon.gov.gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/District-Map-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c3bf32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c3bf32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a58fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60a58fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6fcdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de6fcdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tolon District is the 86th most populous district in Ghana. The district\u2019s projected population in 2025 is 136,544, with 67,462 males and 69,092 females. 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Hitherto, the district was part of the former Tolon\/Kumbungu District; one of the 45 districts created by the then Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) Law 207 in 1988. 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